The First Purge (2018) See How 12 Hours of Annual Lawlessness Began

By: Michael “The Sizzler” Jacobs, Staff Writer

The First Purge (2018) is the upcoming American dystopian action horror film directed by Gerard McMurray and written by James DeMonaco. The film is a prequel to the blockbuster hit of 2013, The Purge and is the fourth installment in The Purge franchise.

Director McMurray lined up a great cast for the film; Y’Lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Luna Lauren Velez, and Marisa Tomei take the lead roles. The First Purge (2018) is scheduled to be released in theaters on July 4, 2018 by Platinum Dunes, Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures.

Synopsis:
“Behind every tradition lies a revolution. Next Independence Day, witness the rise of our country’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness. Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: The First Purge!

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

Univeral Pictures publicity division said…”Coming off the most successful film in the series, The Purge: Election Year, creator James DeMonaco (writer/director of The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy and The Purge: Election Year) returns alongside the producers of this worldwide phenomenon: Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum (Insidious series, Get Out, Split), Platinum Dunes partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ouija series, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and DeMonaco’s longtime production partner, Sébastien K. Lemercier (Assault on Precinct 13, Four Lovers).”